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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2535 Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Michael Connelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/29-9 | from Ch. 46, par. 29-9 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person may photograph his or her ballot and share the photographs of his or her ballot with other persons. Effective July 1, 2016.
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| | SB2535 | | LRB099 16752 MGM 41093 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 29-9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
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| 7 | | Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as |
| 8 | | permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his
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| 9 | | ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device |
| 10 | | so that it
can be observed by another person, and any person |
| 11 | | who knowingly observes
another person lawfully marking a ballot |
| 12 | | or lawfully casting his vote on a
voting machine or voting |
| 13 | | device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding |
| 14 | | the provisions of this Section, any person may photograph his |
| 15 | | or her ballot and share the photographs of his or her ballot |
| 16 | | with other persons.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 78-887.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 19 | | 2016.
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